DECEMBER 7 - 10, 2026 CLEARWATER, FL 77 SESSIONS

THE SESSIONS

Name: ArchConf
Start: 2026-12-07T08:00-0500
End: 2026-12-10T14:30-0500
Location: Opal Sands Resort

Four days of deep, practitioner-led technical sessions — agentic AI, architecture patterns, security, cloud, and the craft of being an architect. No fluff, no vendor pitches.

01 / SESSION CATALOG

Dave Hendricksen

SENIOR ARCHITECT FOR THOMSON REUTERS, AUTHOR, AND MENTOR

04 SESSIONS

01 12 Essential Technical Skills for Software Architects → 02 Agentic Architecture in Action: Session II → 03 Architectural Seismic Shifts Exploration: Session III → 04 The Agentic Architect: Session I →

Jeremy Deane

DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE

03 SESSIONS

01 Architecture Resiliency HIGH AVAILABILITY → 02 Architecture Trade-offs ARCHITECTURE → 03 Architecture Systems Thinking SYSTEMS THINKING →

Michael Carducci

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT & MAGICIAN

10 SESSIONS

01 3rd Generation Agentic AI → 02 An Engineer's Guide to the Semantic Layer (Critical Infrastructure) → 03 An Engineer's Guide to the Semantic Layer (Critical Infrastructure) → 04 An Engineer's Guide to the Semantic Layer (Critical Infrastructure) → 05 Architecting the Future: Evolving Legacy Systems with the Tailor-Made Architecture Model → 06 Architecture Blindspots, Biases, and Blunders → 07 Refactoring REST APIs for the Last Time: Strategies for a Future-Proof Design → 08 The Art of Being an Architect → 09 When Code is Cheap, Architecture is Everything → 10 Why AI Acceleration Keeps Slowing You Down →

Brian Sletten

FORWARD LEANING SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ BOSATSU CONSULTING

08 SESSIONS

01 Securing the Agentic Frontier : Architecture, Risk, and Practice → 02 Automating Security Fixes with OpenRewrite STATICANALYSIS → 03 Automating Security Fixes with OpenRewrite STATICANALYSIS → 04 Resource-Oriented Architecture Patterns → 05 The Evolution of RAG Context → 06 The Evolution of RAG Context → 07 Web Security for APIs DESIGN → 08 Web Security for APIs DESIGN →

Daniel Hinojosa

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

08 SESSIONS

01 Architectural Patterns Focus: Data PINOT → 02 Architectural Patterns Focus: EventDriven Architecture & Messaging EVENT SOURCING → 03 Architectural Patterns Focus: Transactions TRANSACTIONS → 04 DataMesh and Open Metadata → 05 Event Driven Architecture EDA → 06 Hexagonal Architecture ARCHITECTURE → 07 Hexagonal Architecture ARCHITECTURE → 08 Identity, Tokens, and Access Control with Keycloak ARCHITECTURE →

Rohit Bhardwaj

DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE, EXPERT IN CLOUD-NATIVE SOLUTIONS

11 SESSIONS

01 Claude Code Architecture: From Vibe Coding to Governed Engineering Systems → 02 From Brute Force to Brilliance: Algorithmic Thinking in the Age of AI ALGORITHMICTHINKING → 03 GraphRAG & Explainable AI: Building Trustworthy LLM Outputs → 04 AI Inference at Scale: Reliability, Observability, Cost & Sustainability → 05 AI-Era System Design & Architecture Mastery Katas SYSTEMDESIGN → 06 Architecting Microservices for Agentic AI Integration → 07 Beyond APIs: Orchestration Patterns & MCP for Multi-Agent Systems → 08 Claude Certified Architect Readiness for Developers VIBE → 09 Run an AWS Generative-AI Well-Architected Review → 10 Securing LLMs in Production: From OWASP Top-10 to Guardrails that Work NISTAI → 11 From APIs to MCPs: Making Microservices Agent-Ready with Semantic Context →

Ken Sipe

CLOUD ARCHITECT & TECH LEADER

10 SESSIONS

01 Architectural Awareness: Engineering Super-skill → 02 Architectural Principles: Building the Foundations of Design Excellence → 03 Becoming an Architect: Nurturing Essential Skills for Success → 04 Mastering Solutions: Unraveling the Role of Solution Architects → 05 Navigating the Cloud as a Cloud Architect → 06 Operationalizing AI: From Prototype to Production → 07 Solution Architecture Kata → 08 Standing up Enterprise Architecture → 09 The Operating Limits of Microservices → 10 Optimize Your Work and Life with Your Own AI Agent →

Raju Gandhi

FOUNDER, DEFMACRO SOFTWARE

06 SESSIONS

01 Avoiding the Traps: Anti-Patterns in Modern Software Architecture → 02 Documenting your architecture → 03 Exploring Architecture Patterns for Modern Systems → 04 Mastering Software Architecture Patterns and Antipatterns → 05 Measuring your architecture → 06 The Role of Enterprise Architecture in an ever-changing landscape →

Travis Gosselin

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER, GITHUB

02 SESSIONS

01 AI Enablement in the SDLC: A Strategy Sampler → 02 Crafting Consistent APIs at Scale: Embracing Linting & Reusable Models →

Darrell Rials

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

03 SESSIONS

01 Addressing the Higher-Order Challenges of Technology Complexity → 02 Systems Architecture Guilds As Architectural Solutions Accelerators → 03 Systems Architecture Guilds As Architectural Solutions Accelerators →

Sumir Arora

SENIOR SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

04 SESSIONS

01 Architecting Scalable Clouds: Integrating AI → 02 Breaking the Silo – Scalable API Governance and Platform Automation with GitOps → 03 From Cloud Complexity to DevOps Simplicity → 04 Secure by Design – Building Zero-Trust API Architectures in the Cloud →

Javiera Laso

THOUGHTWORKS - LEAD ENGINEER CONSULTANT

04 SESSIONS

01 Architect as a Systems Thinker: Turning Strategy into Action → 02 Enforcing Architecture Decisions Using Tests → 03 Enforcing Architecture Decisions Using Tests → 04 The Cost of Good Intentions: Anti-Patterns in Architecture Modernization →

Paul Preiss

CEO & FOUNDER OF IASA

04 SESSIONS

01 Automating Designs: A Basis for LLM-Based Design Loops with BTABoK CLI/MCP → 02 The Three Types of Architecture Decisions → 03 CoDL and CaDL: Architecture Description Languages for Governance and LLM → 04 Relating Business Model, Product Features, and Fitness Functions →

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DECEMBER 7 - 10, 2026 · OPAL SANDS RESORT · CLEARWATER, FL